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Ambulance involved in crash in Saline County - Kansas 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015   SALINA, Kansas – An ambulance heading to Salina was involved in a crash early Tuesday morning. It happened about a half a mile west of Brookville.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the ambulance was headed east on K-140 Highway when it attempted to pass a pickup pulling a cattle trailer. The truck was making a left turn into the field.

The 34-year-old driver of the ambulance, identified as Jeremiah D. Brown of Great Bend, was taken to Salina Regional Health Center. Ricky Soukup, 49, of Ellsworth and 57-year-old Kathryn Whitmer of Wilson were transported to Salina Regional Health Center for their injuries.

The driver of the truck, 52-year-old Donald Goddard of Brookville, was not hurt.  
     

 

Car crashes into ambulance in Easton intersection - Pennsylvania 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015   A driver said she couldn't stop just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the end of the rain-slicked Route 22 ramp leading to North 13th Street in Easton and crashed into an ambulance in the intersection.

The patient being transported in the northbound Easton Emergency Squad ambulance was taken by another Easton Emergency Squad ambulance to a hospital, emergency squad President Sam Lobb said.

An emergency squad member treating that patient continued to the hospital in the second ambulance, Lobb said. It didn't appear that squad member was hurt in the crash, Lobb said. It was uncertain if the patient suffered additional injuries, Lobb said.

The ambulance, which had driver's side rear-end damage, was driven to the squad's South Side headquarters, Lobb said.

It did not appear there were major injuries in the crash, Lobb said.  
     

 

Ambulance involved in crash in Saline County - Kansas 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015   SALINA, Kan. (KAKE) — Several people were hurt after an ambulance collided with a truck in rural Saline County Tuesday morning.

Around 8:40 a.m., an Ellsworth County EMS ambulance and a Ford F-350 pulling a hay trailer were both eastbound on K-140 near the town of Brookville. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that the F-350 was making a left turn into a farm field as the ambulance attempted to pass. The ambulance then hit the pickup on the left side.

The ambulance driver, Jeremiah D. Brown of Great Bend, was hurt and taken to a Salina hospital. A passenger, Ricky D. Soukup of Ellsworth, was also taken to a Salina hospital with a possible injury. Kathryn Whitmer, 57 of Wilson, was also a passenger in the ambulance and taken to a Salina hospital for treatment.

It's unclear if the ambulance had lights and sirens in operation when the crash occurred. The accident is under investigation.

The driver of the pickup, 52-year-old Donald Goddard of Brookville, wasn't hurt.
     

 

Man assaults paramedics during medical call, police say - Pennsylvania 

Monday, November 30, 2015   


Of The Morning Call

State police said a man whose father told authorities has a history of heroin abuse is charged with assault after fighting with paramedics.

Tavon Paul Scarbrough, 20, of the 500 block of Berger Road in Glendon is charged with two counts each of aggravated assault and simple assault. He was sent to Northampton County Prison under $55,000 bail.

According to court records:


Police were called to Scarbrough's home Wednesday. Police said a man thereidentified only as Scarbrough's father, told authorities his son has a history of abusing heroin and when he woke up his son, he became "uncooperative and verbally abusive."

Police said paramedic Christopher D. Fenner and EMT Stephanie Rowan were injured by Scarbrough.

When the medics told Scarbrough to remove his hands from his pockets, he refused and they struggled with him to comply. During the struggle, police said Scarbrough elbowed Fenner in the nose and threw Rowan against a wall, injuring her back

— Pamela Lehman
     

 

Harrisburg woman wanted for trying to kill paramedic, domestic assault: police - Pennsylvania 

Monday, November 30, 2015   By Wesley Robinson | wrobinson@pennlive.com 

Harrisburg police are looking for a woman accused of domestic assault and attacking a first responder with a knife last night.

Juanee D. Crawford is wanted for criminal attempted homicide after the incident at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hall Manor complex, according to a Harrisburg police news release. First responders arrived at an apartment in the complex and were attempting to treat a 68-year-old man who had been assaulted.

Crawford confronted the paramedics with a knife in her hand and told first responders, "I'm going to kill you," police said. She then lunged at one of the paramedics stabbing him in the chest and slashing at him near the waist, according to the news release.

The knife's blade did not penetrate the first responder's vest, which is reinforced by a metal trauma plate. Crawford's slash at the man's waist caused damage to the first responder's radio holder and belt, police said.

The paramedic, who was uninjured, was able to fight Crawford off before Crawford fled the scene. Police arrived after the woman had left and issued the warrant for criminal attempted homicide.

Harrisburg police ask anyone with information on the incident to contact Dauphin County dispatches at 717-558-6900 and ask for a city detective. Dauphin County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for anyone with information on Crawford's whereabouts.
     

 

Man whose parents died hours apart sues ambulance company, blames driver and paramedic - Minnesota 

Monday, November 30, 2015   MADISON, Wis. — A man whose parents died within hours of each other has sued an ambulance company, alleging that the driver drove too fast and a paramedic failed to secure his mother as she rode along while taking her dying husband to hospice care.

The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper reported (http://bit.ly/1MV5IsM ) that Bruce Huibregtse is seeking unspecified compensation in the 2012 deaths of his parents. The newspaper reported that the driver wasn't cited for traffic violations and that the owners of Ryan Brothers Ambulance couldn't be reached for comment.

Don Huibregtse, a longtime publisher of two community newspapers, was dying of cancer and his wife, Laurel, planned to be by his side in his final moments. They were in an ambulance on Nov. 26, 2012 on their way to a hospice care facility when the emergency vehicle suddenly stopped and Laurel Huibregtse hit her head. She died the next day of her injuries, according to the suit filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

The lawsuit alleges that the driver was going "at an unreasonable and excessive rate of speed" and carelessly failed to keep a safe distance from traffic, leading to the sudden stop. The suit says another EMT should have made sure Laurel Huibregtse was seated safely in the back of the ambulance.

Because of the accident, Laurel Huibregtse "was unable to be present with her husband, Donald, in the last hours of his life and at the time of his death, as the two had previously planned and desired," the lawsuit states. Bruce Huibregtse said his father knew his wife wasn't there and repeatedly asked about her before his death.

Laurel Huibregtse was taken to a hospital with a spinal cord injury that caused "significant and severe conscious pain and suffering before she ultimately died," according to the lawsuit.

The Huibregtses had been married 62 years. Don Huibregtse published the Monona Community Herald and McFarland Community Life newspapers.
     

 

Wrong-way driver hits car, ambulance on U.S. 59 at Bissonnet - Texas 

Friday, November 27, 2015   HOUSTON - Houston police Thursday morning chased a wrong-way driver that crashed into a car and an ambulance on the Southwest Freeway near Bissonnet.

According to investigators, other drivers called 911 when the car was seen heading south in the northbound lanes of the freeway. Houston police officers were able to catch up with the driver before seeing the car slam into the other vehicles.

The driver of the car and the driver of the ambulance were taken to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries. There was not a patient in the ambulance at the time of the crash.

All lanes of U.S. 59 north were closed at Bissonnet for about an hour as the road was cleared.
     

 

Driver sent to hospital after 3-vehicle accident involving ambulance in New Haven - Connecticut 

Thursday, November 26, 2015   By Esteban L. Hernandez, New Haven Register

NEW HAVEN >> A person was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a three-vehicle accident involving a Fire Department ambulance on Church Street near South Frontage Road.





New Haven Fire Department crews on scene Wednesday said one of the drivers was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons. Two cars and a Fire Department ambulance were involved, though it was not immediately clear how the accident took place. Police on the scene declined to comment.





The ambulance sustained minor damage and one of the cars, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, was extensively damaged, while another vehicle had dents in its front bumper.





One witness said the Jeep, which had been northeast bound on Church Street, hit a utility pole. The witness said the car’s operator appeared OK, but a bit shook up after the accident.

Fire crews said they were called to the scene at about 12:50 p.m. A portion of Church Street between South Frontage Road and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was closed Wednesday as emergency crews assessed the accident scene.





No further details were available.





Reach Esteban L. Hernandez at 203-680-9901
     

 

Car crashes into Ambulance on No. 7th - Montana 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015   BOZEMAN - Emergency crews are cleaning up wreckage on No. 7th this afternoon after a car traveling southbound crossed over the median and ran right into an ambulance.The ambulance was not heading to an emergency at the time of the crash. The ambulance driver and another paramedic in the ambulance received minor injuries. Officials say the driver of the car that hit them seemed alert and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

We will continue to follow this story and will update if more information becomes available.  
     

 

Hoffman Estates man dies after vehicle crashes with ambulance in Streamwood - Illinois 

Monday, November 23, 2015   Hoffman Estates man died Sunday after an SUV he was driving crashed with ambulance that was transporting a patient in Streamwood, officials said.

Four other people were injured in the crash, which happened about 4 p.m. near the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Tallgrass Court.

Jitendra Shah, 64, was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

According to a news release from the Streamwood Police Department, Shah was driving a 2005 Honda CR-V south on Route 59 when he crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a private ambulance operated by Trace Ambulance Co.


Shah, a 53-year-old passenger in his vehicle, and the three occupants of the ambulance were taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, where Shah died, according to the news release. His passenger was in serious condition, and three occupants of the ambulance suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the release.

The incident remains under investigation. Weather and road conditions may have been a factor in the crash, police said.  
     

 

EMT Cited In Two-Vehicle Accident - Ohio 

Monday, November 23, 2015   An ambulance struck a pickup truck at the corner of Ohio 13 and Possum Run Road around 3:45 p.m. Saturday while en route to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital.

Hollie Cole was cited for failure to yield for a red light when the ambulance she was driving collided with a Dodge pickup truck that was heading south on Ohio 13.

Trooper Jason Beck of the Mansfield post at the Ohio State Highway Patrol was the investigating officer on the scene.

"At approximately 3:45, we received a phone call of a two - vehicle injury crash involving an ambulance here at Ohio 13 and Possum Run Road. Upon arrival, I found a black Dodge pickup truck in the median, also a white ambulance off to the side of State Route 13," Trooper Beck said. "After a crash investigation, we located the driver of the ambulance and the driver of the pickup truck. We also determined after witness statements that were taken from both the ambulance and the truck that the ambulance was northbound on State Route 13 in the left-hand lane. The pickup truck turned from Possum Run Road to make a left hand turn to head southbound on State Route 13 and was struck by the ambulance.

"The ambulance did have it's lights and sirens activated, it was running 'hot' due to emergency situations of a passenger having a stroke inside the ambulance. They were running up to the hospital. The three occupants of the ambulance were all injured," Trooper Beck added. "Nothing was major, and nothing was life threatening, but they were taken to OhioHealth Mansfield to be checked out. The driver of the pickup truck was not hurt."

The passenger, who had suffered the stroke prior to the accident, was transported to OhioHealth Mansfield by a second ambulance that was hailed to the scene.   
     

 

2 severely injured when ambulance, SUV crash in Streamwood - Illinois 

Monday, November 23, 2015   Five people were injured — two of them severely — when an SUV collided with an ambulance that was carrying a patient Sunday afternoon in northwest suburban Streamwood.

The crash happened about 4 p.m. near the intersection of Sutton Road (Route 59) and Tallgrass Court, according to a statement from the Streamwood Fire Department.

Two people with “severe injuries” were pinned inside the Honda CRV and had to be extricated, fire officials said. The three people in the private ambulance suffered injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.
     

 

One injured, one in custody after high-speed chase with stolen ambulance - North Dakota 

Monday, November 23, 2015   Carrington, ND (NewsDakota.com) A high-speed police chase ended in a crash four miles south of Carrington on Friday afternoon.

Timothy Blowers crashed the ambulance into a car pulled over on the side of the road.

Blowers stole the ambulance and was on the the road for two hours, making his way from Trinity Hospital in Minot all the way to Carrington this afternoon.

The chase reached over 90 mph, coming to an end after Blowers crashed into another car on Highway 52.

During the chase the North Dakota Highway Patrol laid down stop spikes south of Carrington.

Blowers tried swerving to avoid the spikes then drove into a ditch, hitting an SUV driven by Cole Zaderaka.

He pulled over after seeing emergency lights and then moved to the ditch as the ambulance traveled toward him.

He had to be extricated from the car and eventually airlifted to a hospital.

Valley News Live spoke to a family member who tells me Zaderaka has a broken clavicle and several bruises but will be okay.

After the crash, Blowers ran but was eventually captured. His motive for stealing the ambulance is still not known.

"They were dropping off a patient at trinity ER and while they were inside the ER someone stole their ambulance while it was running out side," Dale Plessas with the Minot Police Department said.

Minot Police were able to track Blowers with surveillance video from the hospital and by tracking a medic's cell phone that was still inside.

Criminal charges are pending an investigation by the Foster County


Sheriff's Department and Minot Police Department.  
     

 

Ambulance stolen from Minot hospital recovered after crash - North Dakota 

Monday, November 23, 2015   CARRINGTON, N.D. — A man led law enforcement on a chase Friday while driving a stolen ambulance on U.S. Highway 52 south of Carrington, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.The ambulance drove into the ditch and hit Zaderaka’s vehicle on the driver side and the SUV rolled. After the ambulance vaulted, it came to a rest on its roof.

The vehicle was stolen earlier Friday from Trinity Medical Center in Minot, the state patrol said in a statement.



Timothy Blowers was driving the stolen ambulance south and was driving into the northbound lane while evading officials. Another driver, Cole Zaderaka, was traveling north on Highway 52 and pulled his vehicle off onto the side of the road and into the east ditch to avoid the ambulance.


Zaderaka was taken to Trinity Medical Center for serious but non-life threatening injuries, and Blowers was taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center and is in custody.  
     

 

Heavy rain blamed in ambulance crash - St. Louis 

Sunday, November 22, 2015   An O’Fallon EMS ambulance transporting a 16-year-old patient to a St. Louis hospital lost control and crashed Tuesday evening, Illinois State Police said.

ISP Trooper Calvin Dye Jr. said troopers responded at 10:57 p.m. to Interstate 64 near the Interstate 255 interchange. He said the ambulance was westbound near mile marker 7 when it lost control and left the roadway, striking the median cables on the left.

The patient and both paramedics on board the ambulance all were transported to area hospitals.

Dye said weather may have been a factor in the crash, because it was raining heavily at the time.


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